. The royal natural history. STANDARD-WIXGED NIGHTJAR (i liat. size the habits of these birds are crepuscular. When startled during tlie da3timefrom the ground, where they always rest, they fly swiftly for a little distance,and again settle, but are extremely difficult to folloAv with the eye. Not so themales in full plumage. In their case there is no difficulty; their flight is evidentljretarded, and they become prominent objects from the long streamers wa^dngbehind them. A deviation from the usual habits of the bird was observed whencruising on the Nyasa Lake. On two occasions, being overtak
. The royal natural history. STANDARD-WIXGED NIGHTJAR (i liat. size the habits of these birds are crepuscular. When startled during tlie da3timefrom the ground, where they always rest, they fly swiftly for a little distance,and again settle, but are extremely difficult to folloAv with the eye. Not so themales in full plumage. In their case there is no difficulty; their flight is evidentljretarded, and they become prominent objects from the long streamers wa^dngbehind them. A deviation from the usual habits of the bird was observed whencruising on the Nyasa Lake. On two occasions, being overtaken in a gale, andriding out a short but dangerous sea, which set in and raised a surf on the shore,through which it was impossible to land, the male birds came off in flocks of aboutfifteen and flew over the surface of the water. On no other occasion have I seenthem take wing of their own accord, or keep on the wing during the day. Fork-Tailed South America is the home of a group of nightjars remarkable for their
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